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USDA Nutrition Research Fuels Olympians’ Engines

July 26, 2024 Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications

The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are underway and athletes from around the world are competing for medals in individual events ranging from archery to wrestling and team events from artistic swimming to water polo. Becoming an Olympian requires more than natural ability, it takes proper coaching...

Research and Science

How the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Demonstrate the Importance of Ag Trade

July 22, 2021 Jason Hafemeister, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs

Beginning July 23, all eyes will be on Japan as it hosts the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. For me, this summer’s Olympics is the perfect blend of things that I’m passionate about – there’s cycling, there’s an international governing body that oversees the games, and there’s fellowship...

Trade

Traveling to South Korea for the Olympics? Bring Back Great Memories, Not a Pest or Disease

February 06, 2018 Joelle Hayden, APHIS Public Affairs

The Winter Olympics begin shortly in South Korea, bringing us two weeks of incredible athletic performances. While many of us will watch the games from our TVs, computers or phones, some lucky individuals will travel to witness the games in person. And when traveling, people often bring back items...

Animals

’68 Olympians return to Echo Summit

July 30, 2014 Joy Barney, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, U.S. Forest Service

On June 27, 11 members of the 1968 U.S. Olympic men’s track and field team returned to the Eldorado National Forest to commemorate the site that helped catapult them to 24 medals — including 12 gold — in the Summer Games that year. Nearly 46 years ago, Echo Summit, on the forest 10 miles west of...

Forestry
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